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Fairmont CDP, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Fairmont CDP is a Census CDP of 2,617 people across 1.39 square miles of land, in Will County. Median household income is $70,795, 69.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fairmont
What Fairmont is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.39 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,881
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
How many people live in Fairmont
- Population2,617
- Median age32.5
- Population under 18768 plus or minus 157
- Share under 1829.3 percent
- Population 65 and over327 plus or minus 89
- Share 65 and over12.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households939
- Family households599
- Share of households that are families63.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
Income and work in Fairmont
- Median household income$70,795 plus or minus $25,867
- Per capita income$26,216
- Civilian labor force1,332
- Employed1,238
- Unemployed94 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over1,625
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.5 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
Housing in Fairmont
- Housing units1,065
- Occupied units939
- Vacant units126 plus or minus 58
- Vacancy rate11.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied656
- Renter occupied283 plus or minus 102
- Ownership rate69.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$182,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,455
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.7 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Single family units999
- Share single family93.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more66 plus or minus 53
- Share in buildings of two or more6.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
How Fairmont gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,149
- Commuting under 15 minutes169 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.7 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more274 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone76.2 percent
- Carpooled18.7 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home3.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairmont
Flood risk in Fairmont
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170627
- Currently effective map date11/05/03
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Will County, not Fairmont
Will County context, not Fairmont figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairmont measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairmont. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: Illinois has 2 places named Fairmont and the tape records none of their loans in Will County.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fairmont questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairmont, Illinois?
2,617, in 939 households. Fairmont CDP covers 1.39 square miles of land, which is 1,881 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairmont in?
Will County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairmont?
$70,795. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $182,300. Median gross rent is $1,455 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Fairmont in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairmont appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170627, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fairmont figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairmont.
Is zoning published for Fairmont?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.